ژٕ کَہ کَرَن چھُکھ؟
tse kyah karān chhukh?
The English phrase "what are you doing?" is translated into Kashmiri as ژٕ کَہ کَرَن چھُکھ؟ (tse kyah karān chhukh?).
This phrase is a question used to ask someone about their current activity.
What does it mean word for word?
The literal translation of ژٕ کَہ کَرَن چھُکھ؟ is "You what doing are?", where کَہ (kyah) means "what".
How does it change in a sentence?
The phrase ژٕ کَہ کَرَن چھُکھ؟ is the singular, informal form used when addressing one person.
How do you pronounce it?
tse kyah karān chhukh?
Did you know?
- Kashmiri has a unique system of 'evidentiality', where the way you ask 'what are you doing?' can change if you can actually see the person or are asking about something hidden.
- The script used to write ژٕ کَہ کَرَن چھُکھ؟ is the Perso-Arabic script, but the language itself belongs to the Dardic branch of the Indo-Aryan family.
- The phrase is not just a request for information but can be used as a common social filler to initiate a conversation, much like saying 'what's up' in English.
Example conversation
Adnan sees Fatima reading a book in the room.
- عدنان Adnanفاطمہ، ژٕ کَہ کَرَن چھُکھ؟Fatima, tse kah karan chhukh?Fatima, what are you doing?
- فاطمہ Fatimaمے کَرَن چھُس کِتاب پَران۔Me karan chus kitab paran.I am reading a book.
- عدنان Adnanکُس کِتاب چھُیہِ پَران؟Kus kitab chuye paran?Which book are you reading?
- فاطمہ Fatimaمے کَرَن چھُس کانہہ کِساہ پَران۔Me karan chus kanah kisah paran.I am reading a story.
